Red Willow County v. McClain

The county appeals from a judgment dismissing its causes of action for alleged overpayments by the county to a sheriff.

The amended petition, filed in February, 1931, contained 43 causes of action against the sheriff and his bondsman. Each involved a separate claim — for conveying prisoners to industrial schools, to reformatories, to the penitentiary, and for the return of fugitives. Each cause quoted a specific and itemized claim allowed the sheriff by the county board and pleaded the facts upon which prayer for recovery was based. The first cause was based on an alleged overpayment of a…